Myanmar group threatens to evict North East UGs

GUWAHATI, Sep 19
A pro-democracy organi-sation in coup-hit Myanmar said it would evict the insurgents from North East India, operating out of the country’s soil, following the return of democracy.
In a “warning statement”, the People’s Defence Force, which is based in Myan-mar’s Tamu and Sagaing region, asked the insurgents to immediately stop fighting against the Myanmar Nationals in league with the military.
“We strongly believe that we will win shortly. This is to let them know that when democracy is restored, they shall not be allowed to live in Myanmar. So, we warn them to immediately stop supporting and working with the military forces,” the statement said.
The organisation said instead of living in democratic India and its North East region, the extremists were operating out of Tamu and Sagaing region and fighting against people of the country.
“We warn them to immediately stop supporting and working with the military and stop fighting us. If they don’t care about this warning, they will be listed, in generation(s) to come, as the people who don’t like democracy in Myanmar,” the statement said.
“Democracy for us, the people of Myanmar, went away when the military took over the country on February 1, 2021. Since then, we have been making every effort to fight against the forces to get a federal democratic system in our country,” the statement further said.
The organisation is optimistic that democracy in the country will return soon.
Some militant organisations from the Northeast have their bases in Myanmar, according to intelligence sources.
Ever since their coming together a few years ago under the banner of Western South East Asia or WESEA, they have carried out several coordinated attacks on the security forces in different parts of Northeast region.
The New Indian Express